Composition I Calendar
FALL 2023 ▪ LOIBNER-WAITKUS
MONDAY, AUGUST 21
Welcome to the Class
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23
Introduction to Essay #1
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25
Introduction to Reading Responses
MONDAY, AUGUST 28
READING RESPONSE #1 DUE: “Living Like Weasels” by Annie Dillard
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30
How to Write a Narrative Essay
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Common Usage Problems
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
LABOR DAY—NO CLASS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
READING RESPONSE #2 DUE: “Sanctuary of School” by Lynda Barry
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
Punctuation 101
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
READING RESPONSE #3 DUE: “A Writer in the World” by Annie Dillard (IP)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Narrative Essay Workshop
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
Comma Commandments
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
READING RESPONSE #4 DUE: “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
Working with Quotations and Adjectives
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Peer Editing (Bring a hard copy of a rough draft of Essay #1 to class.)
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
ESSAY #1 (NARRATIVE) DUE
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
Introduction to Essay #2
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
How to Write an Analytic Essay
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2
READING RESPONSE #5 DUE: “Us and Them” by David Sedaris
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4
11 Tips for Writing College Essays
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6
Grammar Workshop
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9
READING RESPONSE #6 DUE: “Advertisements R Us” by Melissa Rubin
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11
Essay #2 Workshop
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13
Working with Words
MONDAY, OCTOBER 16
READING RESPONSE #7 DUE: “Just How Dishonest Are Most Students” by Christian B. Miller
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18
Grammar Workshop
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20
Ask Me Anything
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23
ESSAY #2 (ANALYTIC) DUE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25
Introduction to Essay #3
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27
How to Argue
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30
READING RESPONSE #8 DUE: “Come Look at the Freaks: Examining and Advocating for Disability Theatre” by Brianna Schunk
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1
Logical Fallacies
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3
Research 101
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6
READING RESPONSE #9 DUE: Representation of Disney Princesses in the Media” by Isabelle Gill
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Formatting and Presentation in MLA Style
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10
Documenting in MLA Style
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13
READING RESPONSE #10 DUE: “Contesting Standardized English” by Missy Watson
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15
Works Cited in MLA Style
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17
Works Cited in MLA Style II
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20
FALL BREAK—NO CLASS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22
FALL BREAK—NO CLASS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24
FALL BREAK—NO CLASS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27
Portfolio Workshop
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29
Whatever Day
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1
PORTFOLIOS Due
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4
ESSAY #3 (ARGUMENTATIVE) DUE